2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games). The Games were held in Athens over 17 days, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. Planners expected 10,500 athletes (in fact 11,099 competed) and 5,500 team officials from 202 countries. Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance. There were a total of 301 medal events from 28 different sports.

External links

• Athens 2004 website
• IOC page on Athens
• Costs of hosting the 2004 Olympics
• Medal picks by Associated Press beat writers
• Media coverage:LookSmart category, BBC, CBC NBC, and Seven Network
• Medal count analyses: Medal count by population and Relative Performance Index

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